M1 5 house prices are built from 3,330 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 9 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £185,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved -9.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -35.4%.
Median price paid
£185,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
-9.8%
Change in real terms
-35.4%
Median per m²
£2,521
HM Land Registry3,330 sales797 with floor areaLatest sale 9 May 2026
Section 01
How M1 5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median M1 5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £78,000 | £173,197 |
| 2000s | 10 | £161,978 | £295,075 |
| 2010s | 10 | £175,000 | £246,750 |
| 2020s | 7 | £245,000 | £250,326 |
The highest yearly median on record for M1 5 is £363,749 in 2024; the lowest is £54,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £54,000 to £217,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £119,906, so the real change over the whole record is +81.4% — about +1.94% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: -9.8% in cash against -35.4% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 32 MACINTOSH MILLS, 4 Cambridge Street | 9 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| FLAT 5 86A Great Bridgewater Street | 1 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| FLAT 11 the GREEN BUILDING, 19 New Wakefield Street | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 215 CHORLTON MILL, 3 Cambridge Street | 21 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| FLAT 5 CAMBRIDGE MILL, 5 Cambridge Street | 13 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| APARTMENT 818 51 Whitworth Street West | 1 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £203,500 | £203,500 |
| FLAT 8 27 Whitworth Street West | 3 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| APARTMENT 826 51 Whitworth Street West | 27 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £815,000 | £815,000 |
| APARTMENT 7 LOCKES YARD, 4 Great Marlborough Street | 23 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| FLAT 509 42 Great Bridgewater Street | 4 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| FLAT 12 CHEPSTOW HOUSE, 16 – 20 Chepstow Street | 28 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| APARTMENT 408 51 Whitworth Street West | 7 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £202,500 | £202,500 |
| APARTMENT 112 51 Whitworth Street West | 19 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| FLAT 2 35A Whitworth Street West | 18 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| FLAT 21 the GREEN BUILDING, 19 New Wakefield Street | 17 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £168,000 | £171,652 |
| APARTMENT 226 the QUADRANGLE, 1 Lower Ormond Street | 5 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £410,000 | £418,913 |
| FLAT 44 CHEPSTOW HOUSE, 16 – 20 Chepstow Street | 13 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £219,674 |
| APARTMENT 8 LOCKES YARD, 4 Great Marlborough Street | 31 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £272,000 | £277,913 |
| APARTMENT 14 1 River Street | 13 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £214,565 |
| APARTMENT 214 51 Whitworth Street West | 3 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £188,500 | £192,598 |
| APARTMENT 9 2 Lower Ormond Street | 30 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| APARTMENT 19 the FOUNDRY, 2A Lower Chatham Street | 19 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £116,000 | £118,522 |
| FLAT 2801 42 Great Bridgewater Street | 5 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £443,750 | £453,397 |
| FLAT 5 27 Whitworth Street West | 1 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| APARTMENT 301 the LOCK BUILDING, 41 Whitworth Street West | 29 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £286,087 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to M1 5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 32 MACINTOSH MILLS, 4 Cambridge Street | £132,560 (2009) | £260,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.0% |
| FLAT 5 86A Great Bridgewater Street | £105,950 (1998) | £230,000 (2026) | +2.8% | +0.2% |
| FLAT 11 the GREEN BUILDING, 19 New Wakefield Street | £130,380 (2005) | £135,000 (2026) | +0.2% | -2.7% |
| 215 CHORLTON MILL, 3 Cambridge Street | £111,500 (2002) | £205,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| FLAT 5 CAMBRIDGE MILL, 5 Cambridge Street | £118,000 (2002) | £195,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.6% |
| APARTMENT 818 51 Whitworth Street West | £180,000 (2002) | £203,500 (2026) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| FLAT 8 27 Whitworth Street West | £76,950 (1999) | £200,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.9% |
| APARTMENT 826 51 Whitworth Street West | £560,000 (2003) | £815,000 (2026) | +1.6% | -1.1% |
| APARTMENT 7 LOCKES YARD, 4 Great Marlborough Street | £210,000 (2002) | £270,000 (2026) | +1.1% | -1.7% |
| FLAT 509 42 Great Bridgewater Street | £249,950 (2024) | £285,000 (2026) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| APARTMENT 408 51 Whitworth Street West | £170,000 (2002) | £202,500 (2026) | +0.7% | -2.0% |
| APARTMENT 112 51 Whitworth Street West | £195,000 (2002) | £315,000 (2025) | +2.1% | -0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. M1 5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 3,313 | 99.5% | £185,000 | £43,000 – £2,400,000 |
| Terraced | 11 | 0.3% | £365,000 | £100,000 – £565,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 0.2% | £116,750 | £60,000 – £185,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 0.0% | £147,500 | £147,500 – £147,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in M1 5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,055 certificates cover M1 5, and their median floor area is 70 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -7.9%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 70 m² | about 753 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 53 m² | about 570 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 75 m² | about 807 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 29.3% | 309 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 0.9% | 10 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in M1 5
3,330 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 3,330 | 100.0% | £185,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 1,493 | 44.8% | £184,464 |
| Existing home | 1,837 | 55.2% | £185,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -0.3%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 565 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How M1 5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. M1 5 sits above that national figure — +17.5%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,521 per square metre, across 797 of the 3,330 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £43,000 to £2,400,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in M1
- M1 1£151,600 median
- M1 2£173,901 median
- M1 3£152,500 median
- M1 4£157,500 median
- M1 6£143,000 median
- M1 7£120,000 median
The wider district is M1.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in M1 5?
The median price paid in M1 5 across every sale on the register is £185,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in M1 5?
3,330 sales are on record for M1 5, the most recent completing on 9 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have M1 5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -9.8% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -35.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were M1 5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £363,749, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in M1 5?
£2,521 per square metre, from the 797 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 9 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “M1 5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.